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PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0
What's new in version 6.0.
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Press release: WnSoft announces PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0. Photo slideshow software
Photography Monthly about PicturesToExe
In November 2009 in the magazine "Photography Monthly" (The United Kingdom) the article about PicturesToExe Deluxe has been published. See pages 80-83.
French User Guide
Complete User Guide by Jean-Charles Pizolatto:
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French Video Tutorials
Jean-Claude ARZUR from 1colibri.com has put together
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IRIS-25. AV Competition
In June 2008 a representative of WnSoft was invited to England to the festival IRIS-25, the competition among young photographers, organized by the Royal Photographic Society.
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PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0
Photo Slideshow Software
Overview
What's new in version 6.0
User guide
Useful resources
Reviews and books
Slideshows created in PicturesToExe
What's new in version 6.0
User guide
Useful resources
Reviews and books
Slideshows created in PicturesToExe
What's new in version 6.0
Key features:
- 3D Effects for Images and Text
A fresh impression to your slideshow by rotating of images, text and other objects in 3D is added. - Output for Mac
While using PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0 for Windows you can create slideshows for Mac in the native executable files with the highest picture quality and smoothness of animation effects. - Multidisplay support
If you connect two displays and click Preview button the program will ask you for the desired monitor for the fullscreen preview of your slideshow. - Improved Text
A better visual quality of text objects. You can use any unique fonts for executable files of your slideshow now. PicturesToExe will automatically vectorize text objects and text comments and show text with the highest quality at any display resolution. - New Customizable Startup and Help windows
A slideshow has a new fully customizable Startup window and Help window. You can also create your own dialog windows using Objects and animation editor. - Border for Images
It's possible to add color border to an Image object and set canvas size for it. - Editor of Masks
A built-in editor to create masks directly in PicturesToExe for special effects is added.
A full list of new features, changes and bug-fixes:
+ PicturesToExe Deluxe now can create an executable file with a slideshow for Mac. See Create menu.
+ Added 3D transformations for objects. See Objects & animation editor | Animation tab | 3D parameters button.
+ Multidisplay support:
+ Vastly improved quality of text rendering.
+ Customizable windows in slideshow. It is possible to use Objects and animation editor to customize these windows.
See Project options | Main tab | "Customize windows" button.
+ Improved font combo box in Objects and animation and in Project options.
+ Optimization for Mask objects when you set Time range is added.
+ An improved view of Open/Save dialogs under Windows Vista and Windows 7.
+ A new option to Shadow properties window - "Shadow for 3D mode" is added.
+ An improved compatibility with Windows 7.
+ Reworked "Download User Guide in PDF" function in the main menu | Help. Now it downloads PDF file directly from PicturesToExe.
+ New icons of PicturesToExe, project file and created exectable file of a slideshow.
+ PicturesToExe will show a text warning if you re-save a project file created in elder version of PicturesToExe.
* Vastly reduced memory usage for Undo/Redo system. Earlier long work with very large slides could cause "Out of memory" error message.
* The bug of previous versions when in spite of "When show ends keep last slide in show on screen" option enabled the first slide might appear again on the screen after last slide after several minutes is fixed.
* Visual defects in Sky style of Navigation bar is fixed.
* The problem with crashing of VideoBuilder if there is no installed DVD writer in PC is fixed.
* A visual bug with statusbar of the main window under Windows 7 in some cases is fixed.
* Improved compatibility with some DVD writers in VideoBuilder.
* A visual bug (v5.5-v5.6) with blurred picture at 150+ ppi screen mode in Windows Vista/7 is fixed.
+ Added 3D transformations for objects. See Objects & animation editor | Animation tab | 3D parameters button.
+ Multidisplay support:
- If you connect two displays and click Preview button the program will ask you for the desired monitor for the fullscreen preview of your slideshow.
- To run already produced EXE file with a slideshow on the second display use a command line parameter -display 2 For example create Runme.bat file in Notepad with the next content: MySlideshow.exe -display 2
+ You can use any unique fonts for EXE file of slideshow now. PicturesToExe will automatically vectorize text objects and text comments and show text with highest quality at any display resolution. It is no need to use "Rasterize to PNG image" option in Objects and animation editor anymore.- To run already produced EXE file with a slideshow on the second display use a command line parameter -display 2 For example create Runme.bat file in Notepad with the next content: MySlideshow.exe -display 2
+ Vastly improved quality of text rendering.
+ Customizable windows in slideshow. It is possible to use Objects and animation editor to customize these windows.
See Project options | Main tab | "Customize windows" button.
- A new view of Startup window.
- A new view of Help window.
- You can add any number of custom windows to show them in a slideshow. See the new action "Show window" in properties of an object in the Objects and animation editor.
+ Improvements in Objects and animation editor:
- A new view of Help window.
- You can add any number of custom windows to show them in a slideshow. See the new action "Show window" in properties of an object in the Objects and animation editor.
- "Adjust Image and Border" tool window is added. See Properties tab of Image object. It's possible to add color border to an Image object and set canvas size for an Image object.
- Simple editor of presets for Masks is added. It is possible to create simple mask image right in PicturesToExe.
- "Edge antialiasing" option for Rectangle objects (Objects and Animation editor, Properties tab) is added.
+ You can assign any icon for your created executable file of a slideshow (including large icons with alpha semi-transparency).- Simple editor of presets for Masks is added. It is possible to create simple mask image right in PicturesToExe.
- "Edge antialiasing" option for Rectangle objects (Objects and Animation editor, Properties tab) is added.
+ Improved font combo box in Objects and animation and in Project options.
+ Optimization for Mask objects when you set Time range is added.
+ An improved view of Open/Save dialogs under Windows Vista and Windows 7.
+ A new option to Shadow properties window - "Shadow for 3D mode" is added.
+ An improved compatibility with Windows 7.
+ Reworked "Download User Guide in PDF" function in the main menu | Help. Now it downloads PDF file directly from PicturesToExe.
+ New icons of PicturesToExe, project file and created exectable file of a slideshow.
+ PicturesToExe will show a text warning if you re-save a project file created in elder version of PicturesToExe.
* Vastly reduced memory usage for Undo/Redo system. Earlier long work with very large slides could cause "Out of memory" error message.
* The bug of previous versions when in spite of "When show ends keep last slide in show on screen" option enabled the first slide might appear again on the screen after last slide after several minutes is fixed.
* Visual defects in Sky style of Navigation bar is fixed.
* The problem with crashing of VideoBuilder if there is no installed DVD writer in PC is fixed.
* A visual bug with statusbar of the main window under Windows 7 in some cases is fixed.
* Improved compatibility with some DVD writers in VideoBuilder.
* A visual bug (v5.5-v5.6) with blurred picture at 150+ ppi screen mode in Windows Vista/7 is fixed.